The existing Good Things grant funding model
With the launch of our new strategy last year, we developed a funding model to help grow capacity for providing digital inclusion support across the Network. We know that hubs in our Network know their community and their needs best. So we wanted to offer funding that hubs could use flexibly to build their own digital inclusion capability in ways that suited them. Unlike in the past, the grants were not focused on delivery targets, but on supporting effective ways to grow capability to foster digital inclusion.
Since 2022 we have run four rounds of Digital Inclusion Capability Grant funding (round 4 is currently underway). This grant was designed to help hubs to build their capacity to sustain delivery of digital inclusion support. Grants awarded were between £2,000 and £5,000, and have been used by hubs for a range of activities, such as:
- Delivering digital inclusion training to staff and / or volunteers
- Purchasing IT equipment and / or digital devices to enable delivery of digital inclusion support
- Time and resources to develop a digital inclusion strategy, or build partnerships with other organisations to facilitate local digital inclusion support
- Marketing and outreach activities to widen the reach of digital inclusion support.